But Beverley dismissed their arguments, replying: "When some women were given the vote over 100 years ago, there were women queueing up to say that women were intelligent enough to have the vote.

"There will always be turkeys that vote for Christmas."

Piers slammed Beverley's points, with the 52-year-old shouting: "Who are you to tell them they can't do their jobs?

"This has become a class war. There are lots of mothers out there who would be proud of their daughters to become grid girls.

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SLAMMED: Beverley called grid girl roles sexist

“This has become a class war. There are lots of mothers out there who would be proud of their daughters to become grid girls.”

Piers Morgan

"This is not feminism!"

The fierce argument set the Twittersphere ablaze, with viewers divided on who to side with.

"Beverley Turner is a bare faced hypocrite," slammed one viewer. "Moreover her 'oh, men are suddenly concerned by women’s rights' showed an ugly level of ignorance and inverse-sexism."

"So Beverley hasn’t watched Magic Mike, Full Monty or the like because it’s degrading to men?" questioned another. "Again like the forbidden nights men my wife and friends went to see it was their choice! The ladies representing sports promoting girls stated it’s their choice."